Desnoyer Park
Desnoyer Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pelham Parkway, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 20.3 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pelham Parkway: 0.2 mi
- Pelham Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Westgate Commons Park: 0.5 mi
- Chergosky Park: 0.7 mi
- South Saint Anthony Park: 0.7 mi
- Allora: 0.4 mi
- WestRock Recycling: 0.5 mi
- The Afrocentric Spectrum: 0.5 mi
- Bird Enterprise Zone: 0.6 mi
- ArtCrop: 0.6 mi
- Twin City Model Railroad Museum: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Gallery: 1.8 mi
- Weisman Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- Goldstein Museum of Design: 2.1 mi
- Hennepin Overland Railway Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Sydney Triangle: 0.8 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.7 mi
- Dowling Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Blue Garden: 1.9 mi
- English Garden: 2.2 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution World War I Monument: 1.1 mi
- Engineering Research Associates: 1.1 mi
- Bishop: 1.9 mi
- Ghost Bike: 1.9 mi
- John Sargent Pillsbury: 2.3 mi
- Minnesota State Fairgrounds: 2.0 mi
- Carousel: 2.1 mi
- Space Tower: 2.2 mi
- Shoe Tree: 2.3 mi
- Math On-A-Stick: 2.5 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Willow Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Raspberry Island: 5.1 mi
- Mike's Island: 5.2 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- White Sand Beach: 0.5 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 1.0 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 2.9 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 3.5 mi
- Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.7 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 2.7 mi
- Deer Pen: 2.8 mi
- Wabun A: 2.8 mi
- Wabun B: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Glen: 2.9 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 5.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.7 mi
- Seminary Hill: 7.4 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.0 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 11.5 mi
- Shadow Falls: 1.0 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 2.9 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.3 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 2.9 mi
- West Clay Pit: 5.1 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 5.1 mi
- East Clay Pit: 5.1 mi
- Sand Castles: 6.5 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- wayside rest: 18.0 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 20.2 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 0.7 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 4.0 mi
- White Worm Springs: 11.5 mi
- Boiling Springs: 16.1 mi
- Nininger: 19.6 mi
- Garen: 21.4 mi
- Point Douglas: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desnoyer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks Mound | ESE 115° | 310 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | E 97° | 307 m | 18.1 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NNW 336° | 293.522 m | 5.1 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 87° | 268 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee678 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel487 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee449 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee364 obs
- American Crow339 obs
- Blue Jay330 obs
- Northern Cardinal326 obs
- Red-belted Bumble Bee324 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/159345951
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- Twin Cities · 0 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 2 mi
- Minneapolis · 3 mi
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